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BOUTIQ
TIQUE HO
UE HOTEL
TEL
NEVSKY FORUM €€€
9900, designer s/d R10,300/11,300; Mayakovskaya; )
This smart bolthole has the
whole range of facilities and comforts you'd expect, but compared to the other luxury
properties in town, it caters to a more cost-conscious traveller. All 20 rooms are spa-
cious and comfortable, with king-size beds, big double-glazed windows and environ-
mentally friendly cork flooring. Trendsetters should look to the 'designer' rooms,
which are individually decorated in a hip, modern style.
SLEEP LIKE A TSAR
If you've always wanted to sleep in a tsarist palace, here is your chance. Peter
from St Petersburg, and now it is Putin's presidential palace, used for interna-
tional meetings and state visits. Putin houses his guests on the grounds at the
R4500, ste R10,000, cottage R80,000; )
. If it's not otherwise occupied, you
could stay here too. Besides the 100 well-appointed rooms in the main hotel,
there are 18 VIP cottages on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, each equipped
with a private dining room, study, sauna, swimming pool and, of course, staff
quarters for your entourage.
BOUTIQ
TIQUE HO
UE HOTEL
TEL
BROTHERS KARAMAZOV €€
R5500/6500; Vladimirskaya; )
Pack a copy of Dostoevsky's final novel to read
while staying at this appealing boutique hotel - the great man penned
The Brothers K
while living in the neighbourhood. In homage, the hotel's 28 charming rooms are all
named after different female Dostoevsky characters to help you answer that age-old
question: which 19th-century fallen woman are you?
MINI-HO
MINI-HOTEL
TEL
GREENWICH HOTEL €€
